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>> World: British health food stores will sell tea spiced with hemp flower syrup and THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. "Iced Cannabis Tea" is also sold in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.

>> Nation: Another crazy poll verifies something we never expected. This time, the U.S. is the No. 1 patriotic country out of 34. Venezuela comes in second.

>> Texas: The Supreme Court's decision to uphold much of 2003's redistricting but throw out certain districts that impacted minority voting will most likely end with the a 3-judge court redrawing lines before November's election.

>> Science: Climate scientists are giving Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth, two thumbs up for accuracy. One million people have seen it since it opened in May, but President Bush vows not to.

>> Offbeat: An Iowa company, GuideOne, is offering discounted auto coverage policies for people who get in wrecks going to or from church. The company has also offered lower rates to people who haven't consumed alcohol since the 1940s.

>> Entertainment: David Hasselhoff's soon-to-be ex-wife wants to make an album about spousal abuse aimed at Hasselhoff's alleged abuse toward her. On CNN, Hasselhoff retorted, "The only person who broke my wife's nose was a plastic surgeon."

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